Synonyms for meter
- noun
- American English
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A device that measures things.
Related words
- Word family
- metster metric metrical
- Phrases
- meter maid electricity meter exposure meter light meter meter attendant duple meter heroic meter cubic meter
- Other spellings
- metre UK
Forms
- Plural
- meters → measures, rhythms, cadences, beats…
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Failing this, there may be verse, rime, and meter, but not poetry.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- measure Gauges are used to measure the thickness of wire.
- cadence Venezuelans speak with a very musical cadence.
By length
- 4 letters
- time1, beat1
- 5 letters
- verse1
- 6 letters
- rhythm2
- 7 letters
- measure2, cadence2, metster
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rhythm2 = 2 syllables).